Encrypting strings in PHP - php

Question

Currently im using
$key="pass";
$val="secret";
$encp=mcrypt_encrypt(MCRYPT_DES, $key, $val, MCRYPT_MODE_ECB);
But when i call printf($encp)
No value is displayed,im using PHP version 5.2.17
Is there a better way to do it.Please help.
EDIT:
<?PHP
define('SECURE_KEY','Somekey');
function encrypt($value){
$iv_size = mcrypt_get_iv_size(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, MCRYPT_MODE_ECB);
$iv = mcrypt_create_iv($iv_size, MCRYPT_RAND);
return mcrypt_encrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, SECURE_KEY, $value, MCRYPT_MODE_ECB, $iv);
}
function decrypt($value){
$iv_size = mcrypt_get_iv_size(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, MCRYPT_MODE_ECB);
$iv = mcrypt_create_iv($iv_size, MCRYPT_RAND);
return trim(mcrypt_decrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, SECURE_KEY, $value, MCRYPT_MODE_ECB, $iv));
}
$temp=encrypt("teststring");
printf($temp);
?>

Answer 1

Update (27/09/17):
Since mcrypt_encrypt is DEPRECATED as of PHP 7.1.0. Ive added a simple encrypt/decrypt using openssl.
function encrypt($string, $key = 'PrivateKey', $secret = 'SecretKey', $method = 'AES-256-CBC') {
// hash
$key = hash('sha256', $key);
// create iv - encrypt method AES-256-CBC expects 16 bytes
$iv = substr(hash('sha256', $secret), 0, 16);
// encrypt
$output = openssl_encrypt($string, $method, $key, 0, $iv);
// encode
return base64_encode($output);
}
function decrypt($string, $key = 'PrivateKey', $secret = 'SecretKey', $method = 'AES-256-CBC') {
// hash
$key = hash('sha256', $key);
// create iv - encrypt method AES-256-CBC expects 16 bytes
$iv = substr(hash('sha256', $secret), 0, 16);
// decode
$string = base64_decode($string);
// decrypt
return openssl_decrypt($string, $method, $key, 0, $iv);
}
$str = 'Encrypt this text';
echo "Plain: " .$str. "\n";
// encrypt
$encrypted_str = encrypt($str);
echo "Encrypted: " .$encrypted_str. "\n";
// decrypt
$decrypted_str = decrypt($encrypted_str);
echo "Decrypted: " .$decrypted_str. "\n";
Try these: (PHP < 7.1.0) If your using > PHP 7.1.0 see above.
define('SECURE_KEY','Somekey');//Assigned within a config, pref outside of root dir
function encrypt($value){
$iv_size = mcrypt_get_iv_size(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, MCRYPT_MODE_ECB);
$iv = mcrypt_create_iv($iv_size, MCRYPT_RAND);
return mcrypt_encrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, SECURE_KEY, $value, MCRYPT_MODE_ECB, $iv);
}
function decrypt($value){
$iv_size = mcrypt_get_iv_size(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, MCRYPT_MODE_ECB);
$iv = mcrypt_create_iv($iv_size, MCRYPT_RAND);
return trim(mcrypt_decrypt(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, SECURE_KEY, $value, MCRYPT_MODE_ECB, $iv));
}
//Simple usage
$encryptedString = encrypt('This String Will Be encrypted');
echo decrypt($encryptedString);
Edited from source - http://php.net/manual/en/function.mcrypt-encrypt.php

Answer 2

Try these PHP functions convert_uuencode and convert_uudecode:
function encrypt_decrypt ($data, $encrypt) {
if ($encrypt == true) {
$output = base64_encode (convert_uuencode ($data));
} else {
$output = convert_uudecode (base64_decode ($data));
}
return $output;
}
$enc_txt = encrypt_decrypt ("PASSWORD TEXT", true);
echo $enc_txt."\n";
// LTQkJTM0VT0vNEQwQDUkNTg1YGBgCmAK
echo encrypt_decrypt ($enc_txt, false);
// PASSWORD TEXT
This is much simpler and does not depend on libraries installed in PHP